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Father!

Run.

Father!

Your Highness!

You must flee. Take His Highness!

Father!

Your Highness.

Father!

Your Highness!

Father.

His Majesty has passed away,

so you are the King of Joseon now.

You must stay alive...

and defeat your foe and claim the throne.

You must protect the Crown Prince at all cost.

Father.

- Go. - Chief Commander.

Go!

Chung Woon.

Chief Commander!

Chung Woon. Wait.

Wait.

Chief Commander!

Chief Commander!

Leave him. Go after the Crown Prince.

Move! Bring me the Crown Prince's head!

Your Highness.

I will divert them. Please go ahead.

No!

Then we should split up and regather later.

If you take this path, you will see hideout.

I will meet you there.

Please... Please stay alive.

He is alive.

He will not let him live.

He will not withdraw his sword...

until he sees His Highness' dead body.

Gon.

Give me the potion to hide his pulse.

(Potion makes the pulse too weak to detect.)

If he takes this,

he will have no pulse for half a day and then he will be back to normal,

correct?

However, it is a difficult potion for even healthy men to endure.

If he takes it at this state,

he may never awake.

We have no choice.

We must make Grandfather believe His Highness is dead.

That is the only way to save him.

He will endure it.

He was sent from up above.

Gon.

You must endure it.

My lady.

Your Highness.

Wake up, Your Highness. Your Highness!

He is dead.

That cannot be.

He is still alive. He is still warm!

Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Are you afraid?

Place all of your fear...

onto this mask.

I... I am not the Crown Prince.

Why would I wear...

You fool.

No.

You are now the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince of Joseon who lives behind a mask.

No.

You shall be the King of Joseon.

However,

The moment you try to become the real King,

and not my puppet,

you will also...

follow in the Crown Prince's footsteps.

There are plenty of people...

I can put a mask on and place on the throne.

If you wish to live, you shall be my puppet.

As long as you are the foolish king behind the mask,

you are the King of Joseon.

Bury him.

- Yes, master! - Yes, master!

No! Your Highness!

No, Your Highness!

He is dead already, so move on.

Grandfather. Please.

Take her away.

Yes, master.

No! No, Your Highness!

Your Highness!

Grandfather! I hate you!

I despise you!

Give him back to me!

Your Highness!

Gon.

- Bury him. - Yes, master.

I am delivering medicine urgently to Lady Young Bin's family.

I was sent because her father is ill.

If I am late, I will get scolded.

Chun Soo.

I have so much to tell you.

Where have you gone?

Your Highness.

No, Your Highness.

Your Highness!

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Please, Your Highness.

Your Highness!

Your Highness.

I definitely felt his pulse.

I cannot guarantee that he will wake up.

He will.

He must wake up.

Dae Mok is pressuring the Queen...

to hasten the enthronement.

If the fake prince becomes the King before the Crown Prince wakes up,

what will happen?

Is the person Dae Mok wants to enthrone as the puppet king...

Lee Sun?

I believe so.

Sun.

Answer me, Sun.

Yes.

Mother.

Mother.

Your Highness.

As the King passed away suddenly,

we must find someone to take His Majesty's place.

Please consider the circumstances...

and give us your order.

I earnestly ask for your order, Your Highness.

It is not my place to give such orders.

However,

consoling the people is a priority.

Sun.

I understand your grief,

but consider the future of the nation.

Please...

take the throne.

I receive your order.

Your Highness.

Your Highness.

Due to such a sudden loss,

you must be overwhelmed with grief.

Fortunately,

the Crown Prince became the King.

It is all thanks...

to loyal servants like you.

I am...

concerned about other mishaps that may follow.

That is why I came to meet you.

Did you say, "other mishaps that may follow"?

Yes.

Your Highness.

To prevent them,

please give the Bureau the authority to print money.

Authority to print money?

Do you mean...

the Bureau of Water Supply will control money?

Printing money is an important task for the nation.

Recently, some printed money without authority.

It has been causing distress among the people.

You must establish authority to control the printing of money.

Punish those who printed money without permission.

Why must...

the Bureau have such authority?

Board of Taxation has the authority over currency.

Please give the authority to the Bureau...

and keep strict control over the currency.

Summon a meeting tomorrow.

Giving the authority over currency to the Bureau...

is the only way to save the people in distress.

Are you telling me...

to give authority over printing money to the Bureau?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Such an arduous task causes financial difficulties.

We can no longer delay this issue.

Your Majesty.

Please accept our request.

Why are you not handing over the king's seal to Your Majesty?

Here comes the Queen.

All of you...

must be surprised that I am here.

However,

the King passed away suddenly.

I had no choice but to take lead.

Prime Minister Joo.

Yes, Your Highness.

His Majesty is only 17 years of age.

He is not yet an adult.

Am I wrong?

Second State Councilor Heo.

Tell me if His Majesty is an adult.

No, Your Highness.

Then why is he not...

assisted...

before he takes full responsibility of decision-making?

(If the King was of young age, he had to be assisted.)

Sun.

Yes, Mother.

The Bureau cannot have authority over currency.

You are still young.

You do not understand how to run the country.

Until you become an adult...

and are capable of ruling the country,

I will assist you...

in making the decisions.

Yes, Mother.

We finally eliminated the King,

but the Queen will take over the decision-making.

My goodness.

Master Dae Mok.

Will you let the Queen take over?

The amount of power she holds is significant.

She comes from a powerful family.

More than half of the royal military is on her side.

Will you let her assist the King in decision-making?

What happened today could not be helped.

However, she will rule the country without a doubt.

Listen. It is only for three years.

After three years, the King will become an adult.

Once he is an adult,

the Queen will step down.

It seems like you hope for the Queen to assist the King.

How about yourself?

Are you suspicious of me because I am her relative?

How dare you?

Let the Queen...

assist the King.

Having power over the military is useless.

It is completely useless...

unless she also has power over money.

Without money,

can she maintain the military?

To the Queen who remains arrogant with her power over the military,

I will show what it means to have power over money.

The Bureau of Water Supply should start selling to the people...

without making a profit.

Make everyone rush to Bureau of Water Supply...

and borrow money.

I will...

show you how I can suppress military power with money.

Your Highness.

Where do you think you are going in that condition?

Dae Mok...

killed my father.

I have to go to the palace now.

Is my mother still alive?

Lady Young Bin...

was murdered by Dae Mok as well.

That cannot be true.

We have a large number of palace guards.

My father...

passed away too.

What happened...

to Lee Sun?

Dae Mok...

Dae Mok put a mask on him and made him the King.

The plan your father had to protect you backfired.

- What are you doing? - Move!

- Goodness. - Move it!

- What is going on? - What is happening?

- Quiet! - My goodness.

The former king...

turned a blind eye to the fact that you are living here.

However,

the new King considers rules as very important.

He ordered me not to let you live here any longer.

As of right now,

vacate your houses...

and move to Chilpae.

- What? - Goodness.

What do you mean we have to move to Chilpae?

That is wild land where there is nothing.

This place is...

these people's homes.

If they move all of a sudden,

how would they make a living?

I will not let you live if you do not leave immediately.

- Do you understand? - How dare you!

Are you not afraid of the wrath?

- My goodness! - My lady!

- Gosh, my lady! - You witch.

You are the daughter of a criminal. How dare you defy me?

I do not know how you got out of becoming a slave,

but you should know you are no longer a noblewoman.

Do you not agree?

Oh, my. What are you all doing?

Go and pack your things.

I told you to leave for Chilpae!

No... No, we will not. We cannot go!

If we do, we will starve to death. We might as well die here.

- He is right. - That is right.

Just kill us here, you jerks!

Is that right?

- My gosh! - Goodness!

- Stop! - You punk.

Stop!

Vacate all their houses right now!

- Yes, master! - Yes, master!

- Let us move. - No! Stop!

That is my house!

My goodness. Gosh.

- What are you doing? Hurry! - Yes, master!

Move it! Vacate the houses now!

Leave now!

My lady. Do you remember?

The former king...

saved a life at Capital District Office before.

He did.

I was so happy that...

I thought things would at least be better...

when the Crown Prince becomes the king.

I thought the world would be a less unfair place.

But why...

Why are things getting harder and harder?

Why do we have to be thrown out?

Our lives became harder since the former king passed away.

This is unfair. It is so unfair.

We do not deserve this.

Father.

You said plants will not sprout...

unless someone waters it, and someone plows out weeds.

Yes. I will do as you said.

I will protect them.

Please watch over me.

I think we should...

go to Chilpae.

Then what?

We cannot even do farming there. How are we going to make a living?

Although we cannot do farming, there is a way we can live.

Your Highness!

I saved you when you were dying, and you want to avenge now?

I would not have saved your life if it was so insignificant to you.

Dae Mok killed everyone I loved!

If I do not kill him, I will not be able to live!

You are not...

any different from Dae Mok right now.

What can I do to protect the people I love?

I told him to become a master,

but he became a wild dog that everyone fears.

I am giving you the same answer.

I will tell you to become a master of your own.

What do you want to do?

Killing Dae Mok and becoming a wild dog that they fear.

Is that the way of your revenge?

Do you think all those people died, so you can have that petty revenge?

Think about the people who sacrificed themselves for you.

Do you think...

they would want you to simply kill Dae Mok?

- What? There is nothing here. - You are right.

- My goodness, I am tired. - Good gracious.

My gosh.

- What are we going to do? - I cannot believe this.

- Goodness. - How are we going to live here?

We should start trading business here.

Business?

Chilpae is the only path to Seoso Gate from...

Mapo Dock and Seogang Dock.

If we do business here, I am sure we can make profits.

I believe in you, my lady.

What should we do first?

Let us build houses for us to live.

- There you go. - Let us go.

Gosh. Let us pick up the pace.

Stop slacking off and hurry up!

Father.

Mother.

Please forgive me for not being able to come right now.

I will...

I will become strong,

topple Dae Mok, and then come to see you.

Please...

be well until then.

Chung Woon.

Over there...

is Lee Sun.

In my place,

he is now playing a puppet king.

I must rescue him.

Lee Sun.

Joseon.

I will save them myself.

Will you help me?

You do not ask your bodyguard for his help.

You tell him you will go your way...

and order him to protect you.

Here is water.

We have water!

We finally have water.

The water tastes great!

Will you just leave like this?

I saw that she is doing well.

That will do.

Ga Eun's father...

died because of me.

I saw her cry,

and I cannot forget her face.

Your Highness.

She said that...

seeing me...

reminds me of her father.

It makes her unhappy.

My staying away from her will be...

the best I can do for her.

(Episode 10 will broadcast shortly.)

Yes!

This is great.

I cannot eat any food

But the drinks go in smoothly

Teach me how to eliminate Pyunsoo Group, master.

I never made you my pupil.

Please tell me how to take down...

Dae Mok.

You fool.

You still do not realize...

that if you act recklessly, more people will die.

Then what must I do?

I want to defeat Dae Mok without sacrificing...

any more lives.

I will do anything,

so please tell me how.

Do not...

do anything.

Not until you realize on your own what it is that you must do,

do not...

Do not do anything.

Ga Eun.

Hello, Chief.

"The daughter of a convict".

It must be a heavy burden to bear.

I heard not a single relative...

stepped up to help you.

The people here are my family and friends.

Do not worry about me.

I like it here.

We plan to create a market here and sell goods.

Can I help in any way?

I will do anything I can to help.

Actually,

is there a way for me to enter the palace?

- The palace? - Well...

Well...

I would like to sell medicinal herbs to the eunuchs.

I understand.

I will keep looking into it even if it takes a while.

Thank you so much.

Where am I?

Hello, there.

Why did you call me here?

Do you see that runt kneeling there?

Yes.

Take him with you and use him.

Where would I use a weakling like him?

He will obviously be nothing but a burden.

He is more useful than he appears, so try teaching him.

He will not last two weeks and will run away.

How about...

we make a bet?

Why, hello.

Hello.

- Hello. - Hello.

Hello, there.

Who is he?

He is a burden Master Woo Bo laid on me.

- A burden? - A burden?

Why are you not greeting them?

Hello.

You runt. What is your name?

I do not...

have one.

Then we shall call you, "Burden", okay?

Give him some work.

- Yes, master. - Yes, master.

Let us see.

You are so pretty. Can you even do anything?

I am so worried.

Here. Dry the fish.

Dry it well.

Go with him. Live as a peddler and become stronger.

What...

do you mean?

Peddlers have a strong sense of organization.

If you gather all the vendors...

and restaurateurs located all throughout Joseon,

there must be over 300,000 members.

If you can utilize that organization wisely,

you will own the best source of information and transport in Joseon.

Do you mean...

I should use that power to oppose Dae Mok?

Gain the trust of the organization of peddlers,

and work hard to bring them gain.

Then peddlers will be your support in return.

Be careful.

Hurry.

- Hurry. - Hurry.

Careful.

- What? - How could this...

- How could this happen? - Master.

Sorry.

What could we do about it?

Paths are dangerous. It is common for a peddler to fall to his death.

I will not do anything to him.

- My gosh. - Calm down.

My poor...

Master, could I get my wage earlier?

What for? Are you going to donate it to her?

Yes. It is not much, but I would like her to hold a proper funeral...

Stop the nonsense, and go back to work.

What do you mean?

Then will you help them every time?

How are you going to help all of them?

Just go get the market fee from the merchants.

- Market fee? - When they finish their sales,

they calculate how they did for the day and pay for their usage.

Then they gather up and have a drink together.

Excuse me. The market fee...

What market fee? I am not selling right in the first place.

But it says you have to pay for...

Can they not just pass one day? Seriously.

Thank you.

1, 2, 3.

Take this and lead a great life, you jerk.

Market fee, please.

- It must be hard for you. - Not at all.

Market fee...

This is it!

- Come on. - Let this go.

Can we not help that woman with this money?

What gibberish. Give it go me.

You said it is the peddlers' motto to help each other in need.

How can I help every single one of them?

That is my point.

Let us keep this money instead of using it for the drinks.

Then we can help them every time.

You punk.

Please this once.

Let us do this just once.

We shall help that woman this time,

and when someone among us gets hurt or die,

we shall use the rest.

You little...

You said peddlers are bound to die on the road.

That means it will be us someday.

- Right. - He is right.

- Right. - Whatever.

Get him and the money right this instant.

- Yes. - Yes.

Goodness.

Are you all ready?

- Yes. - Let us go.

The weather is so nice.

We managed to do the funeral with the money you donated.

Thank you so much.

It was nothing.

It was not all me. Everyone chipped in a little bit.

Thank you so much.

You should be grateful to our youngest member.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Does this mean...

I have been upgraded from a burden to the youngest member?

Let us go.

Yes, master.

(5 years later)

Excuse me.

Sorry.

Kko Mool.

Are you still not over Chun Soo?

You should forget...

your first love and try dating someone else.

You little pinky.

Hurry and come.

Mom. Are you thinking about Sun again?

What? Gosh, I was just out of it.

I will do it.

It is okay. I will do it.

I miss Sun.

Why would you miss that cold-hearted brat?

I will never let this slip if he comes back.

Then why do you always leave the front gate open?

That is...

That is in case he cannot come in...

due to the locked door.

Just in case he goes away again.

Your Highness.

Please revoke your order to take the regency.

- Please revoke your order. - Please revoke your order.

Your Highness.

His Majesty is already an adult.

However, you have not stopped taking the regency yet.

We do not know what your intention is.

Please stop your regency as soon as possible.

- Please, Your Highness. - Please, Your Highness.

Please revoke your decision.

- Please revoke your decision. - Please revoke your decision.

Chief Royal Secretary.

Hand over the king's seal to His Majesty.

Yes, Your Highness.

Congratulations, Your Majesty.

With this, you have become the real emperor of this nation.

Congratulations, Your Majesty.

- Congratulations, Your Majesty. - Congratulations, Your Majesty.

Demand the money the Bureau loaned to the subjects...

to be repaid all at once.

All at once?

It could lead to a loss of the trust that the Bureau has built so far.

It is not only the Bureau of Water Supply.

It includes all of you...

in the Pyunsoo Group.

Master Dae Mok. 15 days are too tight.

What do we do if we demand them the money...

and they refuse to pay back?

To those who are not able to pay back,

demand a collateral.

Head of Bureau of Water Supply.

Yes, master.

Demand the debtors pay back in cash if possible.

The Pyunsoo Group...

is not to spend any of that money...

until I give an order to do so. Do you understand?

Do you want us to keep the money...

stashed away somewhere?

Why would we...

I shall do so.

Come and have a taste of this.

My big sister made this medicine.

Take it, and it will cure your sickness completely.

- What do they want? - Why are they here?

Stay here.

- Let me see... - Oh dear.

Everyone on this list...

has 15 days to repay the money they owe the Bureau of Water Supply.

You must...

stick to the 15-day deadline.

Why? Why now?

Why do we have to repay all our debts...

at once and at such short notice?

That is none of your business.

Put it up where everyone can see.

Check your name and amount.

Make no mistake.

- It is too much to repay. - Oh no...

- My goodness. - Your name is up there.

I am ruined now for sure.

Where can I get this much money in 15 days?

My lady.

Are we up there?

Yes, we are.

What should we do?

Where can we get that much money in 15 days?

Even the merchants are demanding we pay them back.

What should we do now?

Why are they all doing this so suddenly?

The Bureau of Water Supply and the merchants!

If we must pay them back at the same time,

we will all end up on the street!

- What should we do? - We cannot survive.

Goodness.

Mom.

Go on.

Smash everything!

- Yes, master. - Yes, master.

Oh dear, no.

Why are you doing this?

Oh, my goodness.

You did not pay what you owe the Bureau of Water Supply.

Now, we own your stall.

Empty the place!

- Yes, master. - No! You cannot do this!

Oh dear...

Mom.

Do not do this. You cannot do this to me!

If you do not repay your debts within 15 days,

this will happen to you.

Do you understand?

My lady...

No, no... Master...

- Master, no! Stop it! - Are you okay?

Please... Master...

My store...

We turned a barren field into a flourishing marketplace,

and we are finally making a living.

How dare they think they can take our stores from us?

The chief peddler you once mentioned...

Can he solve issues like this as well?

Who is this chief peddler? Is he that rich?

It is not that he is rich.

Then what?

Let me tell you about our chief peddler.

He knows everything...

and will solve any of your problems.

He was recommended by...

all eight of the leaders of the organization of peddlers.

You said he does anything as long as it is moral,

and that he sides with the powerless and the poor.

- That is true. - For what in return?

He must demand something in return for his services.

He does.

Complete and absolute trust and loyalty.

Is that all that he asks for?

It is not that simple.

If you let him down, the spirits punish you.

- Is that true? - What should we do?

I would like to meet your chief peddler.

Kko Mool. Kko Mool.

Grandpa!

You tiny thing.

You have gotten uglier since I last saw you.

Your hair has gotten whiter since I last saw you.

You are older.

You have a sharp tongue.

- Hello, master. - Hello.

Where is Ga Eun?

She went to Icheon.

What for?

To meet the chief peddler.

Who is meeting whom?

Lady Han went to see the chief peddler.

Has fate brought them together again?

Let us rest.

We must walk faster if we are to reach the next village before...

We can take a short break.

I am so sorry I am slowing you down.

We know what you are doing to help the people from the marketplace.

We are half a day's walk away.

Hey, look up there.

Shall we rest there?

Yes.

Can you manage?

Yes.

- Let us go. - Okay.

That is copper.

I think Pyunsoo Group is up to something.

Stop there!

Why are you doing this to us?

What is going on? Why are you doing this?

Oh dear, my goodness.

Ga... Ga Eun?

(The Emperor)

Go on. Deal with them quickly.

Did you want to save them and give your life in return?

Knowing your life is not in your hands?

I... I am sorry.

Forgive me.

We meet again yet she does not recognize me.

What a great relief.

He is the chief peddler?

Do you know who I am?

Yes.

You are someone I miss with all my heart.